asa
fa) Acapactor& connected in series with a light-emiting
‘erie, 9 suten anda Vel, When the auton = cise
the LED igats erety. Blan
(0 wy the LED lights up inital
(i wy me LED stops emitting ight
b} 4.5000 nF capacitor in senes mith a vanabie resistor,
‘ammeter and a 30 V beter s charged at a constant
current of 015 ma, Calewate
the charge stored by the capacitor wnen tis fly
chavees.
(i) the time taken to charge faly wth a conetant charging
ccurent of 015 mA,
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2) A paral plate capactor conssts of two rectangular retal
plates of dimensions 0.50 mx 0.25 m, separated by an
Insulator of thickness 5 mm and of relative permitivty
155 Clete the capacitance of the capacitor
) Calculate the charge and energy stored inte paral pate
capacitor in la) when a vetage of $0 Vis applied across its
plates
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2) InFig, 525,247 uF capactoris charged to apd. of 9.0V
then discherged through a 10MM resistor, Caleuiate
(the intial eharge and eneray stored in the capacitor.
Git tre te constant of the dscrarge circuit.
Ai) the charge and energy stored in te capacitor 100
alter the disenarge started.
by InFig. 15.25, the eazactoris alowed to dlscharge fullyand
the 1080 resistor i replaced by @ 22HF capacitor. The
S/F eapactar s tien charged to a pd. of 9.0 then
isolated from the battery and reconnected to the 2.2uF
capacitor. Catcuate
(@ the final pd 2er0ss each capacitor,
A the energy stored in each capacitor at this pa,
Ui) the loss oF stored enerey as a result of connecting the
capacitors togetier.
oma
Fig. 1525
152,
2) Calcuate me combined
capactance of a5 WF capactor
and a6 pk capacitor
{in paraie withthe other
{ih in sens with each eter
b) Calcuate
(0) the total eapactance.
{i the total cnarge stored,
{id tne charge and eneray
Stored in eae eapsciter for
the cveut in Fig, 1524,
i
oF
sav
Fig. 15.26
355. A securly slam cicul is powered by 8 6.0 V voltage
“supply which has a 50-000 nF capactor connected across ts
‘Output terminals. The alarm ual draws a curent of O5 mA
from the veltage supply when the alarm is not activated.
2) Caleuate the input resstance ofthe alawa civcut when tis
not activated.
50 000 nF
Fig. 15.26
y Ifthe wotage supp intersted, the capacitor cont ayes
to supply current to the alarm creut, which ean operate in
its non-actvated state provided the voltage supaly does
not fall aetow 5.0 ¥
Calculate the tre constant of the circuit
Git Calculate the votage across the capacitor 100 s after
the 6.0 V voltage supaly has been discomnected,
Gi) Catculate how tong te alarm cicut in ts
ron-activated state can operate ater the wetage supoly
hes been disconnected